Talk-Line: Pic of half man/snake

Daniel Au (dca...@casbah.acns.nwu.edu) wrote:
: Slithering along, R.Downing <cs5...@ccub.wlv.ac.uk> wrote:

: >I'm no good at ascii art so i thought i'd ask some one here...
: >could you create a half man/snake for me i.e. top half man bottom half snake
: >in any size but .sig size is preferred (or even a snake headed man)

: This request seemed like an interesting challenge, so right now while on one
: of my study breaks, I came up with this:  

:                  ___
:                ,-----,
:               /\|   |/\         Just something I put together quickly,
:              |-- \_/ --|         the snake man with a hood, reminiscent of
:           .-----/   \-----.      a cobra, and his leathery underbelly
:          /   ,   . .   ,   \      along the ground...no face since I wasn't
:         /  /`|    |    |'\, \       sure how he should look.  Hands on the
:         `\ \  \-  |  -/  /`/'     side because he doesn't know what else to
:           `\\_)`-- --'(_//           do at the moment...*grin*
:             |_|`-- --'|_|  _______     (you can use this space for sig info)
:              ,'`-   -'`.,-'       `-.
:             |\--------/||            `-.      _,------. 
:            |\---------/`|    .--.       `----'   ___--.`--.
:             |\---------/\. ."    `.            ,'      `---'
:              ``-._______.-'        `-._______.-'   dcau 12/6/95


: Hope if fits what you're looking for.  If you use it, please keep my initials
: around somewhere.  Anyone add any improvements?

That's cool, Daniel! =)
Since you asked for improvements I'll try to add some bits'n'bobs. =)

right. Basically I've added a little more detail. The face is a difficult
one. I think I might have overworked the scales a little. Anyway.
Perhaps someone would like to take this further?
                  ___
                ,'---`.
               /\l^L^j/\                                                
              f---\-/---Y                                                  
           ,--`---j"l---'--.                                           
          f , _, -. ,- ._ ` Y                                               
          |f /l    Y    j\\,|                                                
          l (  \-"-^-"-/  ) j                                                
           `.`. Y`-^-'f .','                                     
             l_)|`-^-'|(_j   _____                                            
              ,'` -^- '`.,-'",  < "`-.
             f`--------'|> <  > , > ' `-.      _.,-----. 
             l`--------'l < ' ,--.  < >  `---"',  '_,--.`-.._,
              \`--------'`-.,'    `.  , '< > ,  ,'"     "`--'  
               `._______.-'"        `-._____.,-'   dcau 12/6/95

--
 _______     _,,---------------.._     _______
 `-.____`.-'"   Philip Kaulfuss   "`-,'____,-'
    `-.___\ phi...@boehme.demon.co.uk /___,-'
       `-._>-.._________________.,-<_,-'

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